Anglesey Airport
Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Royal Air Force training station on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales
- Also known as: “RAF Valley”, “RAF Valley - Anglesey Airport”, and “Royal Air Force Valley”
- Address: Valley, Holyhead, LL65 3NY
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhosneigr railway station and Llyn Traffwll.
Rhosneigr railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ansbaradigeidfran, Public domain.
Rhosneigr railway station serves the village of Rhosneigr on the Isle of Anglesey, off the coast of north Wales. The unstaffed station is managed by Transport for Wales Rail, who also operate all trains that serve it.
Llyn Traffwll
Lake
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Traffwll is a 91 acre natural lake located, in Anglesey, Wales. Located midway between the villages of Rhosneigr and Valley it lies less than a kilometre south of the A55 North Wales Expressway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn and Rhosneigr.
Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn
Hamlet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The church in the village, St Mihangel's, is a Grade II listed building and is the chapel for the nearby airbase, RAF Valley. It is in the community of Llanfair-yn-Neubwll…
Rhosneigr
Photo: Porius1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhosneigr is a village in the county of Anglesey in North Wales. It has less than 750 residents but is popular with visitors for its sandy beaches on the Anglesey coast, local bird life and idyllic countryside views.
Caergeiliog
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caergeiliog is a village in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It is in the community of Llanfair-yn-Neubwll and has a population of 355. The name derives from Welsh, and is a combination of Caer, meaning 'castle' or 'fort', and ceiliog, meaning 'cockerel'.
Anglesey Airport
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.24808° or 53° 14′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.53358° or 4° 32′ 1″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Operator
Bilfinger EuropaIATA airport code
VLYICAO airport code
EGOVUnited Nations Location Code
GB VLYOpen location code
9C5Q6FX8+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 367105666OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Anglesey Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “راف ولي”
- Cebuano: “Royal Air Force Valley”
- Chinese: “皇家空軍峽谷”
- Chinese: “華利皇家空軍基地”
- Japanese: “RAFヴァリー”
- Japanese: “ヴァリー空軍基地”
- Japanese: “バレー基地”
- Japanese: “バレー空軍基地”
- Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Valley”
- Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Valley”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی ولی”
- Swedish: “RAF Valley”
- Swedish: “Royal Air Force Valley”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате вли”
- Welsh: “Llu Awyr Brenhinol y Fali”
- Welsh: “RAF Valley”
- Welsh: “RAF y Fali - Maes Awyr Môn”
- Welsh: “RAF y Fali”
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